BRFSS 2003 - Western North Carolina**: (How Often Do You Eat Green Salad?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

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	Total Respond.^	1 or more/day	1 or more/week	1 or more/month	1 or more/year	Never
North Carolina	9,263	1,489	14.8	13.7-15.9	6,089	66.9	65.3-68.4	1,111	12.2	11.1-13.4	73	0.8	0.5- 1.1	501	5.3	4.7- 6.1
-Western NC	2,043	338	16.4	13.6-19.8	1,368	67.5	63.8-70.9	219	10.5	8.6-12.9	11	0.4	0.2- 0.7	107	5.2	3.8- 7.0
GENDER
Male	766	112	15.4	10.7-21.8	511	66.8	60.6-72.5	86	10.5	7.4-14.5	4	0.3	0.1- 1.0	53	7.0	4.6-10.4
Female	1,277	226	17.4	14.5-20.7	857	68.0	64.1-71.7	133	10.6	8.3-13.5	7	0.4	0.2- 1.0	54	3.5	2.3- 5.3
RACE
White	1,859	304	16.4	13.4-20.1	1,249	67.1	63.3-70.7	203	11.1	9.0-13.7	9	0.3	0.2- 0.7	94	5.0	3.6- 6.9
African American	73	13	15.4	7.8-28.2	49	74.0	57.3-85.8	7	4.1	1.7- 9.6	0	0.0	. - .	4	6.5	1.3-26.0
Other Minorities	102	19	17.1	8.7-30.7	66	71.8	56.4-83.4	8	5.0	2.0-12.1	2	1.3	0.3- 5.2	7	4.8	2.0-11.3
AGE
18-24	134	15	14.4	7.3-26.3	96	71.6	59.1-81.6	14	9.7	4.1-21.5	1	0.3	0.0- 1.9	8	4.0	1.7- 9.3
25-34	281	38	22.9	11.9-39.6	194	58.8	46.2-70.3	34	11.0	6.7-17.6	1	0.2	0.0- 1.1	14	7.1	3.4-14.1
35-44	342	47	11.8	8.1-17.0	246	75.9	69.2-81.5	36	10.0	6.4-15.3	2	0.4	0.1- 1.5	11	1.9	1.0- 3.7
45-54	381	67	15.0	10.9-20.4	263	66.6	57.9-74.3	39	11.4	6.3-19.9	3	0.8	0.2- 2.5	9	6.2	2.5-14.9
55-64	348	66	14.9	11.0-19.8	231	70.5	63.6-76.5	35	10.6	6.9-15.9	3	0.6	0.1- 3.0	13	3.5	1.7- 7.3
65-74	338	58	15.6	11.3-21.2	225	69.8	62.8-75.9	32	10.0	6.2-15.7	1	0.1	0.0- 1.0	22	4.5	2.6- 7.5
75+	202	47	26.5	19.2-35.3	97	49.3	40.3-58.3	28	10.7	6.7-16.7	0	0.0	. - .	30	13.6	8.5-20.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	329	38	15.6	6.5-32.9	186	59.9	48.1-70.6	60	14.4	9.7-20.9	5	1.4	0.5- 3.6	40	8.7	5.3-13.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	636	72	8.8	6.0-12.8	423	66.9	60.8-72.5	96	16.2	11.9-21.6	4	0.2	0.1- 0.7	41	7.9	4.9-12.4
Some Post-H.S.	544	104	20.9	15.8-27.0	391	70.9	64.2-76.7	35	6.2	3.4-11.0	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	13	2.0	0.9- 4.4
College Graduate	528	124	23.0	18.7-27.9	364	70.1	64.7-75.0	27	4.5	2.8- 7.3	1	0.1	0.0- 0.5	12	2.3	0.9- 6.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	267	35	12.4	8.0-18.9	152	55.8	46.9-64.4	54	21.4	15.4-28.9	2	0.7	0.1- 4.6	24	9.6	4.5-19.3
$15,000- 24,999	399	47	9.0	5.3-14.8	269	67.4	58.5-75.3	55	17.1	10.8-25.9	5	0.7	0.2- 1.9	23	5.8	3.0-11.2
$25,000- 34,999	251	42	15.8	10.6-22.9	174	69.0	60.2-76.5	24	9.1	5.6-14.5	3	0.9	0.3- 2.8	8	5.2	2.0-13.1
$35,000- 49,999	270	45	18.0	11.6-26.9	192	71.4	62.4-79.0	22	6.9	3.8-12.1	0	0.0	. - .	11	3.8	1.8- 7.8
$50,000-74,999	206	44	19.1	13.1-26.8	154	77.7	69.8-84.1	5	2.4	1.0- 5.9	0	0.0	. - .	3	0.8	0.2- 2.8
$75,000+	205	49	21.5	15.0-29.8	142	73.3	64.7-80.4	12	4.7	2.3- 9.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	0.5	0.1- 2.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	446	91	19.6	15.6-24.4	285	64.6	59.2-69.8	49	10.5	7.6-14.3	3	0.9	0.3- 2.9	18	4.4	2.5- 7.6
Guilford	439	79	17.6	13.6-22.3	299	68.0	62.5-73.1	43	9.1	6.4-12.8	5	1.9	0.7- 5.2	13	3.5	1.8- 6.5
Mecklenburg	446	78	14.6	11.4-18.5	309	71.4	65.9-76.4	41	10.3	6.7-15.4	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	17	3.5	2.1- 5.9
Orange	449	111	20.4	15.8-26.0	291	67.1	59.5-73.9	33	6.6	4.4- 9.7	1	0.2	0.0- 1.5	13	5.7	1.7-17.0
Wake	450	92	16.7	13.4-20.6	295	67.5	62.1-72.4	37	9.1	6.3-13.1	1	0.2	0.0- 1.6	25	6.5	3.9-10.6
Chatham/Lee	394	61	12.8	9.7-16.8	269	66.8	60.1-72.9	40	12.4	7.6-19.5	2	0.2	0.1- 0.9	22	7.7	4.8-12.3
Nash/Wilson	368	45	9.3	6.7-12.8	256	70.9	65.1-76.0	45	12.3	9.0-16.6	5	1.7	0.5- 6.0	17	5.9	3.5- 9.7
Craven/Pamlico	450	83	17.5	13.6-22.2	287	64.8	59.3-69.9	55	12.4	9.2-16.5	4	0.9	0.3- 2.6	21	4.4	2.7- 7.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	427	51	13.5	8.8-20.1	286	66.3	60.1-72.0	65	14.4	11.0-18.5	3	0.8	0.2- 2.9	22	5.0	3.1- 8.0
Appalachian/Wilkes	446	55	11.4	8.2-15.6	323	69.5	61.7-76.4	44	12.3	7.2-20.1	2	0.3	0.1- 1.4	22	6.5	2.7-14.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	471	67	11.6	8.5-15.7	294	64.1	56.8-70.8	74	16.4	12.0-22.1	8	1.1	0.5- 2.8	28	6.7	4.0-11.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson	419	77	13.9	10.2-18.8	273	71.2	63.4-77.9	40	8.1	5.4-11.8	4	1.3	0.4- 4.1	25	5.5	3.2- 9.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	466	72	16.5	12.7-21.1	264	55.4	50.0-60.6	92	19.8	15.9-24.4	3	0.6	0.2- 2.0	35	7.8	5.3-11.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	405	41	7.8	5.5-10.7	261	65.0	59.0-70.6	58	14.7	11.0-19.3	7	2.3	0.9- 5.7	38	10.2	7.0-14.7
Northeast NC I	446	59	12.8	9.4-17.3	254	57.2	51.0-63.2	84	19.7	15.4-24.8	6	1.9	0.8- 4.3	43	8.5	6.1-11.7
Northeast NC II	503	93	17.4	13.9-21.5	316	60.0	54.6-65.3	67	16.6	12.5-21.5	1	0.2	0.0- 1.7	26	5.8	3.4- 9.7
Northeastern Partnership	949	152	15.8	13.2-18.8	570	59.1	54.9-63.1	151	17.6	14.5-21.2	7	0.8	0.4- 1.7	69	6.7	4.9- 9.3
Mountain AHEC	1,284	244	19.0	15.0-23.6	835	66.1	61.6-70.3	130	9.2	7.4-11.5	8	0.5	0.2- 1.1	67	5.2	3.7- 7.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,233	477	13.9	12.0-16.0	2,049	64.3	61.4-67.1	463	15.1	12.9-17.5	31	0.8	0.5- 1.3	213	6.0	4.8- 7.4
Piedmont	3,987	674	14.8	13.3-16.4	2,672	68.1	65.9-70.2	429	11.1	9.7-12.8	31	0.9	0.5- 1.5	181	5.1	4.1- 6.2

Total
Respond.^

1 or more/day

1 or more/week

1 or more/month

1 or more/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

9,263

1,489

14.8

13.7-15.9

6,089

66.9

65.3-68.4

1,111

12.2

11.1-13.4

0.8

0.5- 1.1

501

5.3

4.7- 6.1

-Western NC

2,043

338

16.4

13.6-19.8

1,368

67.5

63.8-70.9

219

10.5

8.6-12.9

0.4

0.2- 0.7

107

5.2

3.8- 7.0

GENDER

Male

766

112

15.4

10.7-21.8

511

66.8

60.6-72.5

10.5

7.4-14.5

0.3

0.1- 1.0

7.0

4.6-10.4

Female

1,277

226

17.4

14.5-20.7

857

68.0

64.1-71.7

133

10.6

8.3-13.5

0.4

0.2- 1.0

3.5

2.3- 5.3

RACE

White

1,859

304

16.4

13.4-20.1

1,249

67.1

63.3-70.7

203

11.1

9.0-13.7

0.3

0.2- 0.7

5.0

3.6- 6.9

African American

15.4

7.8-28.2

74.0

57.3-85.8

4.1

1.7- 9.6

0.0

. - .

6.5

1.3-26.0

Other Minorities

102

17.1

8.7-30.7

71.8

56.4-83.4

5.0

2.0-12.1

1.3

0.3- 5.2

4.8

2.0-11.3

AGE

18-24

134

14.4

7.3-26.3

71.6

59.1-81.6

9.7

4.1-21.5

0.3

0.0- 1.9

4.0

1.7- 9.3

25-34

281

22.9

11.9-39.6

194

58.8

46.2-70.3

11.0

6.7-17.6

0.2

0.0- 1.1

7.1

3.4-14.1

35-44

342

11.8

8.1-17.0

246

75.9

69.2-81.5

10.0

6.4-15.3

0.4

0.1- 1.5

1.9

1.0- 3.7

45-54

381

15.0

10.9-20.4

263

66.6

57.9-74.3

11.4

6.3-19.9

0.8

0.2- 2.5

6.2

2.5-14.9

55-64

348

14.9

11.0-19.8

231

70.5

63.6-76.5

10.6

6.9-15.9

0.6

0.1- 3.0

3.5

1.7- 7.3

65-74

338

15.6

11.3-21.2

225

69.8

62.8-75.9

10.0

6.2-15.7

0.1

0.0- 1.0

4.5

2.6- 7.5

75+

202

26.5

19.2-35.3

49.3

40.3-58.3

10.7

6.7-16.7

0.0

. - .

13.6

8.5-20.9

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

329

15.6

6.5-32.9

186

59.9

48.1-70.6

14.4

9.7-20.9

1.4

0.5- 3.6

8.7

5.3-13.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

636

8.8

6.0-12.8

423

66.9

60.8-72.5

16.2

11.9-21.6

0.2

0.1- 0.7

7.9

4.9-12.4

Some Post-H.S.

544

104

20.9

15.8-27.0

391

70.9

64.2-76.7

6.2

3.4-11.0

0.1

0.0- 0.9

2.0

0.9- 4.4

College Graduate

528

124

23.0

18.7-27.9

364

70.1

64.7-75.0

4.5

2.8- 7.3

0.1

0.0- 0.5

2.3

0.9- 6.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

267

12.4

8.0-18.9

152

55.8

46.9-64.4

21.4

15.4-28.9

0.7

0.1- 4.6

9.6

4.5-19.3

$15,000- 24,999

399

9.0

5.3-14.8

269

67.4

58.5-75.3

17.1

10.8-25.9

0.7

0.2- 1.9

5.8

3.0-11.2

$25,000- 34,999

251

15.8

10.6-22.9

174

69.0

60.2-76.5

9.1

5.6-14.5

0.9

0.3- 2.8

5.2

2.0-13.1

$35,000- 49,999

270

18.0

11.6-26.9

192

71.4

62.4-79.0

6.9

3.8-12.1

0.0

. - .

3.8

1.8- 7.8

$50,000-74,999

206

19.1

13.1-26.8

154

77.7

69.8-84.1

2.4

1.0- 5.9

0.0

. - .

0.8

0.2- 2.8

$75,000+

205

21.5

15.0-29.8

142

73.3

64.7-80.4

4.7

2.3- 9.4

0.0

. - .

0.5

0.1- 2.1

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

446

19.6

15.6-24.4

285

64.6

59.2-69.8

10.5

7.6-14.3

0.9

0.3- 2.9

4.4

2.5- 7.6

Guilford

439

17.6

13.6-22.3

299

68.0

62.5-73.1

9.1

6.4-12.8

1.9

0.7- 5.2

3.5

1.8- 6.5

Mecklenburg

446

14.6

11.4-18.5

309

71.4

65.9-76.4

10.3

6.7-15.4

0.1

0.0- 0.9

3.5

2.1- 5.9

Orange

449

111

20.4

15.8-26.0

291

67.1

59.5-73.9

6.6

4.4- 9.7

0.2

0.0- 1.5

5.7

1.7-17.0

Wake

450

16.7

13.4-20.6

295

67.5

62.1-72.4

9.1

6.3-13.1

0.2

0.0- 1.6

6.5

3.9-10.6

Chatham/Lee

394

12.8

9.7-16.8

269

66.8

60.1-72.9

12.4

7.6-19.5

0.2

0.1- 0.9

7.7

4.8-12.3

Nash/Wilson

368

9.3

6.7-12.8

256

70.9

65.1-76.0

12.3

9.0-16.6

1.7

0.5- 6.0

5.9

3.5- 9.7

Craven/Pamlico

450

17.5

13.6-22.2

287

64.8

59.3-69.9

12.4

9.2-16.5

0.9

0.3- 2.6

4.4

2.7- 7.2

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

427

13.5

8.8-20.1

286

66.3

60.1-72.0

14.4

11.0-18.5

0.8

0.2- 2.9

5.0

3.1- 8.0

Appalachian/Wilkes

446

11.4

8.2-15.6

323

69.5

61.7-76.4

12.3

7.2-20.1

0.3

0.1- 1.4

6.5

2.7-14.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

471

11.6

8.5-15.7

294

64.1

56.8-70.8

16.4

12.0-22.1

1.1

0.5- 2.8

6.7

4.0-11.2

Graham/Swain/Jackson

419

13.9

10.2-18.8

273

71.2

63.4-77.9

8.1

5.4-11.8

1.3

0.4- 4.1

5.5

3.2- 9.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

466

16.5

12.7-21.1

264

55.4

50.0-60.6

19.8

15.9-24.4

0.6

0.2- 2.0

7.8

5.3-11.2

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

405

7.8

5.5-10.7

261

65.0

59.0-70.6

14.7

11.0-19.3

2.3

0.9- 5.7

10.2

7.0-14.7

Northeast NC I

446

12.8

9.4-17.3

254

57.2

51.0-63.2

19.7

15.4-24.8

1.9

0.8- 4.3

8.5

6.1-11.7

Northeast NC II

503

17.4

13.9-21.5

316

60.0

54.6-65.3

16.6

12.5-21.5

0.2

0.0- 1.7

5.8

3.4- 9.7

Northeastern Partnership

949

152

15.8

13.2-18.8

570

59.1

54.9-63.1

151

17.6

14.5-21.2

0.8

0.4- 1.7

6.7

4.9- 9.3

Mountain AHEC

1,284

244

19.0

15.0-23.6

835

66.1

61.6-70.3

130

9.2

7.4-11.5

0.5

0.2- 1.1

5.2

3.7- 7.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,233

477

13.9

12.0-16.0

2,049

64.3

61.4-67.1

463

15.1

12.9-17.5

0.8

0.5- 1.3

213

6.0

4.8- 7.4

Piedmont

3,987

674

14.8

13.3-16.4

2,672

68.1

65.9-70.2

429

11.1

9.7-12.8

0.9

0.5- 1.5

181

5.1

4.1- 6.2

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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